Reinstalling a pre-installed Windows on the original hard drive onto a new SSD

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I have an older HP Pavillion desktop that came with Windows 7 Home pre installed on the hard drive. Now I want to add an SSD to the PC. Is there a way that I can reinstall Windows 7 onto the SSD (It will also be for programs if I can get Windows on it), and just keep the hard drive for files etc.? Thanks in advance! Also, it's a 1TB Hard Drive, and a 120GB SSD.
 
Solution
You can clone the HDD to the SSD if you can pare down the size of the storage space used on the HDD to fit on the SSD. http://www.howtogeek.com/97242/how-to-migrate-windows-7-to-a-solid-state-drive/